Princess scathing on royals

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PRINCESS Michael of Kent has made a string of scathing remarks
about members of the royal family to an undercover reporter working
for a British newspaper.

To get close to the 60-year-old royal, News of the World
journalist Mazher Mahmood dressed in his famous "fake sheikh"
guise, feigning interest in buying the princess' eight-bedroom
Gloucestershire home.

According to the Sunday tabloid, the disguised Mahmood arrived
in a helicopter and was given a private tour of the property. It
was during this meeting that Princess Michael made the
inappropriate comments and offensive remarks.

The News of the World investigation claims the royal,
whose husband Prince Michael is first cousin of the Queen,
described Princess Diana as "bitter", "nasty" and "strange".

She allegedly claimed Prince Charles was never in love with his
first wife, saying: "He married a womb."

And she apparently said Camilla would be Queen one day and not
just Princess Consort.

The newspaper is claiming the princess used her royal insider
knowledge in a bid to try to sell her house, discussing off-limits
topics such as Prince William's relationship with girlfriend Kate
Middleton.

Along with husband Prince Michael, the princess, who has no
royal duties, had a second meeting with the fake sheikh, this time
for dinner at upmarket London restaurant Claridges.

She is not the first person to fall prey to Mahmood's Arab
disguise. He caught Carole Caplin discussing her relationship with
the Blairs, and Prince Edward's wife Sophie using her royal status
for her PR work.